Taiwan-based China Airlines cancelled some flights to Asia, including Japan, on Friday as its union commenced an “indefinite” strike late Thursday after negotiations with management broke down. China Airlines announced on its website that beginning Friday, all flights departing between 6 a.m. and 10 ...

Nikkei Inc., the new owner of the Financial Times, Friday denied that it proposed any changes to the British newspaper’s pension contributions, which has reportedly led to its staff voting to go on strike. The Japanese media company said in a statement that it ...

Journalists at the Financial Times are considering going on strike in protest against a corporate pension system review proposed by Japan’s Nikkei Inc., which has announced its acquisition of the economic daily. The Times of London reported in its online edition Wednesday that the ...

Lufthansa has canceled 930 flights scheduled for Wednesday at three hubs in Germany after efforts failed to halt an ongoing strike by flight attendants. The cancellations affect 100,000 travelers going to or from Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf. They were announced even as the airline ...

Seattle teachers and support staff marched in picket lines on Wednesday during what was supposed to be the first day of school, waging their first such strike in three decades after contract talks between the district and union failed. The 5,000-member Seattle Education Association ...

Verizon Communications Inc., deadlocked in labor talks over pension benefits and health care that caused a strike in 2011, has gained bargaining power this time around after shedding operations that employ older unionized workers. The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of ...

All trains and many ferry services between Britain and France were cut off Tuesday by striking port workers, stranding hundreds of trucks and thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel. Adding to the chaos, illegal migrants camped by the thousands in ...

Hundreds of factory workers at a Chinese supplier to Fast Retailing Co. are striking over the dismissal of some of the employees, forcing production to shut down, a labor rights group said. All of the about 900 workers at Artigas Clothing & Leatherwear Co. ...

The Cyprus Football Association said Tuesday that it was postponing all matches under its jurisdiction for one week after referees came out on strike following a bomb attack. All league and cup games scheduled from Tuesday onward from senior to junior level will be ...

McDonald’s Co. (Japan) says it will sell small-size french fries because of a delay in imports caused by a port worker strike on the U.S. West Coast. The company will stop selling medium and large orders starting at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at about 3,100 ...

Workers went on strike at German sites of Amazon Monday to increase pressure on the U.S. online retail giant during the busy Christmas period in a long-running pay dispute. Around 2,300 employees took part in the work stoppage at five of the company’s nine ...

Junior doctors in Sierra Leone went on strike Monday to demand better treatment for health workers who become infected with Ebola, a health official said. The association representing junior doctors asked the government to make sure life-saving equipment, like dialysis machines, is available to ...